The Russian investigative group Proyekt (Project) said on October 11 that several Russian tycoons obtained citizenship from the Caribbean island nation of Dominica to evade sanctions imposed on them by the West over their links to the Kremlin and Moscow's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. According to Proyekt, Russian oligarchs God Nisanov, Zarakh Iliyev, Omar Murtuzaliyev, Aleksandr Abramov, Vasiliy Anisimov, Mikhail Yanchuk, Roman Vasilenko, and Demyan Kudryavtsev in recent months received passports from Dominica, where a $100,000 investment into the country's economy qualifies a person for citizenship. To read the original story by RFE/RL's North.Realities, click here.
Russian Oligarchs Get Citizenship From Dominica To Evade Sanctions, Investigative Group Says
Billionaire God Nisanov (right), pictured with Vladimir Putin's classmate Ilgam Ragimov, is one of the oligarchs who sought citizenship in Dominica.